YouTube is letting some previously banned users return. That means you may see videos that violated old rules

YouTube will allow some previously banned users to create new accounts to post on the site. Serene Lee/SOPA Images/LightRocket/Getty Images New York —

YouTube on Thursday will begin offering previously banned users the opportunity to create new accounts and potentially re-publish some videos that may have contributed to their termination but no longer violate YouTube’s rules.

YouTube last month announced the plan to allow previously banned users and their content back on the video platform. The move came in response to an investigation by Republican lawmakers into whether the Biden administration pressured tech companies to remove certain types of content.

YouTube said that over the past couple of years, it did away with rules that had prohibited users from repeatedly posting